Index live · v1.7.0 · SEP 12 2026

Pinecone

Fully managed vector database with no index infrastructure to operate.

Also available as an MCP server

This page covers Pinecone the product. To let an agent talk to it over the Model Context Protocol, see the Pinecone MCP server.

Why it's indexed

Serverless indexes remove the capacity planning that self-hosted vector search demands.

Editorial judgement, not a measurement — see our methodology. Listing is never paid for.

At a glance

Vendor
Pinecone
License
Proprietary
Deployment
Hosted
Languages
Python, TypeScript, Java, Go
Pricing model
Free tier · Usage-based · Enterprise

Pricing is shown as a model, not a rate. Published rates change without notice — check the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Tags

vector-dbmanagedserverlesssimilarity-search

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